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Tom Hunt
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Writer/researcher of U.S. organized crime history. Publisher of Informer journal, MobHistory.substack.com, WritersOfWrongs.com & Mafiahistory.us.
Husband of Anna. Dad of 3 grown kids. Resident of Whiting, VT.
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#OTD (Nov 24) in 1963, accused #Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey #Oswald is fatally shot by #Dallas underworld figure Jack #Ruby.

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Jack Ruby
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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#OTD (Nov 24) in 1981, a federal grand jury indicts Dominick #Napolitano, Benjamin #Ruggiero (shown), John Cerasani and Nicholas #Santora for racketeering and murders of three rival #Bonanno Crime Family leaders.

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Benjamin Ruggiero
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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#OTD in 1913, #Detroit #Mafia leaders Vito and Salvatore #Adamo are murdered on their way home.

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Detroit gang feud claims Adamo brothers
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November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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#OTD (Nov 24) in 1913, brothers Vito and Salvatore #Adamo are killed in a #Detroit #Mafia feud.

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Detroit Free Press clipping from November 25, 1913. Headlines: "Two Sicilians slain in Italian colony of Detroit; feud result. Sawed-off shotgun used by slayers of Vito and Salvatore Adamo, brothers."
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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#OTD (Nov 23) in 1928, Salvatore 'Charlie #Luciano' Lucania (shown), George #Uffner and 'Fatty' Walsh are discharged as suspects in a recent payroll robbery.

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Salvatore "Charlie Luciano" Lucania
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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#OTD in 1961: #Thanksgiving Day hunters in #PenfieldNY (just outside #RochesterNY ), discovered the beaten, mutilated and burned remains of a male #murder victim.

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Magaddino's wrath
News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Epic. 😭😂😭
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Happy 48th Anniversary to the greatest outtake in television history.

Tim Conway's Elephant Story from The Carol Burnett Show.
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Interesting word.
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for Nov 22 is "metonymy": www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-...
Word of the Day: Metonymy
When Mark Antony asks the people of Rome to lend him their ears in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar he is asking them to listen to him, not to literally allow him to borrow their ears. It’s a classic
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November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Aryan Brotherhood gang boss gets life in prison for RICO and murder conspiracy gangstersinc.org/2025/11/21/a... - #Prison #Gangs #AryanBrotherhood #Crime #Trial #California
Aryan Brotherhood gang boss gets life in prison for RICO and murder conspiracy
A leading figure in the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for participating in a RICO conspiracy and a conspiracy to commit murder. 72-year-old Daniel “Danny”…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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#OTD (Nov 21) in 1928, Dutch #Schultz partner Joey #Noe dies of gunshot wounds suffered on Oct. 15.

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Death certificate of Joseph Noe, died November 21, 1928, at BelleVue Hospital of complications following a gunshot wound to the back.
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Longtime Sinaloa Cartel boss admits organizing drug shipments and money laundering gangstersinc.org/2025/11/20/l... - #Narcos #Mexico #Sinaloa #DrugCartels #Crime
Longtime Sinaloa Cartel boss admits organizing drug shipments and money laundering
A longtime Sinaloa Cartel leader pleaded guilty on Monday to drug conspiracy and money laundering charges. 54-year-old Jose Guadalupe Tapia-Quintero, of San Francisco de Tacuichamona, Sinaloa, Mexi…
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November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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#OTD (Nov 20) in 1948, #SanFrancisco police arrest Sebastiano #Nani and Mike #Abati, charging them with conspiracy to murder Nick #DeJohn.

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Mike Abati (left) and Sebastiano Nani (right).
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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#OTD (Nov 20) in 1924, unable to connect them with the #OBanion slaying, #Chicago officials discharge #Brooklyn gangsters Frankie #Yale and Saverio 'Sam' #Pollaccia (both shown).

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Frankie Yale (left) and Saverio Pollaccia (right).
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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#OTD (Nov 19) in 1986, the #Mafia #Commission trial in #Manhattan concludes with convictions of all eight defendants: Anthony #Salerno, Anthony #Corallo, Carmine #Persico, Gennaro Langella, Salvatore Santoro, Christopher Furnari, Ralph Scopo and Anthony Indelicato.

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Anthony Salerno
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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I'd like to see #Bregman return to #Boston, but this is an encouraging possibility:
#RedSox are showing interest in Bo #Bichette.
#MLB
Red Sox Reportedly Interested In Poaching Franchise Shortstop
The Boston Red Sox are reportedly interested in signing star hitter Bo Bichette who has spent his entire career with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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#OTD (Nov 18) in 1928, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania, 'Fatty' Walsh and George Uffner, arrested in connection with the recent murder of Arnold Rothstein (shown), are released on bail.

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Arnold Rothstein
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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When Michael Fiore's life was in danger, he did what any self-respecting mafioso would do. He went to the barbershop. www.patreon.com/posts/readin...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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#OTD (Nov 17) in 1928, Salvatore 'Charlie #Luciano' #Lucania is arrested for assault and robbery with a gun. He is later discharged.

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Salvatore "Charlie Luciano" Lucania
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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#OTD (Nov 17) in 1928, George #McManus (shown), wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of Arnold #Rothstein, surrenders to #NewYork police.

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George McManus
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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#OTD (Nov 16) in 1939, former #Chicago boss Al #Capone is released from federal prison after serving seven and a half years for income tax evasion.

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Al Capone
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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#OTD (Nov 16) in 1931, #Brooklyn racketeer Guglielmo Guica and companion Benedetto Ruggiero are both fatally shot inside a Court Street restaurant.

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Clipping from November 17, 1931, Brooklyn Daily Times. Headline: "2 men 'executed' by 4 gangsters."
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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#OTD (Nov 15) in 1909, Giuseppe #Morello (shown), Ignazio #Lupo and a dozen others are arrested in #NewYorkCity for running a #counterfeiting plant at an upstate #NewYork location.

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Giuseppe Morello
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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#OTD (Nov 15) in 1982, six #Bonanno Crime Family mobsters, convicted on evidence produced through the #DonnieBrasco investigation, are sentenced to a total of 58 years in prison.

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New York Times courtroom sketch shows defendants (left to right) Vincent Piteo, Anthony Rabito, Antonio Tomasulo, Benjamin Ruggiero, Nicholas Santora and Vincent Lopez.
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Lucchese Mafia family soldier “Little Joe” Perna accused of running a student-athlete sportsbook crew in New Jersey gangstersinc.org/2025/11/14/l... - #NewJersey #Gambling #Sportsbetting #ESPN #Football #NFL #NBA #MLB #NHL #Mafia #Crime #CosaNostra
Lucchese Mafia family soldier “Little Joe” Perna accused of running a student-athlete sportsbook crew in New Jersey
While reading this, many of you are probably on your phone. Many of you probably just placed a bet on it with one of the countless gambling apps that are completely legitimate. If so you might be s…
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November 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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#OTD in 1980, five southern #California #Mafia defendants - Dominic #Brooklier, Louis Tom #Dragna (shown), Michael Rizzitello, Samuel Sciortino and Jack LoCicero - are convicted of #racketeering offenses but acquitted of the murder of informer Frank #Bompensiero.

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Louis Tom Dragna
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM